by Matthew Hoppock | Nov 5, 2019 | FOIA, Immigration, Immigration Practice |
We should have seen it coming. In 2018 the Attorney General ended the ability of immigration judges to administratively close cases, concluding they had in fact never had such authority. As shocking as that was at the time, we’re now seeing pieces of that puzzle...
by Matthew Hoppock | Sep 20, 2018 | Immigration, Immigration Practice |
It is starting to appear the Department of Justice has chosen not to comply with the Supreme Court’s decision in Pereira v. Sessions because doing so would conflict with the agency’s self-imposed deportation quotas it is placing on Immigration Judges,...
by Matthew Hoppock | Aug 21, 2018 | FOIA, Immigration, Immigration Practice |
Every summer the Immigration Judges from around the country meet in suburban Washington D.C. for a training session. The training materials are interesting, because they help us understand the IJs’ thinking on specific issues. The 2018 conference was held at the...
by Matthew Hoppock | Jun 1, 2018 | Immigration, Immigration Practice, Removal Defense |
Some concerning developments in the last few days require writing this post when we still don’t have all of the details. Apparently the Immigration Courts are implementing a system of “No Dark Courtrooms,” which may mean Immigration Courts operating...
by Matthew Hoppock | Jul 3, 2017 | Immigration, Immigration Practice |
April 14, 2018 Update: In response to our FOIA (and following having to appeal an earlier incomplete production), the entire Benchbook is now back online and is at this address: https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/benchbook-archived.zip That’s a link to the zip...
by Matthew Hoppock | Jul 3, 2017 | FOIA, Immigration, Immigration Practice |
Sometime in Mid-April, 2017, the Department of Justice removed the “Immigration Judge Bench Book” from the internet. Why? They won’t say. We’ve been trying to figure that out and to reconstruct this book as a resource for practitioners. For...
